The Triple Decker
The Triple Decker is a ship constructed by Cflip_ on the PrikPack v17 server. It is a large ship built out of oak wood planks that has three enclosed floors, plus a roof level with seats. There is a door on the port of the ship, which is submerged one block in the water due to the ship's weight. The top two floors have a "ring" of empty blocks forming the windows, and the third level has an open front where the wheel is located. It was built in the docks of Canna Cabana on December 21st, 2024 along with many other ships.
Dimensions and the Triple Decker Standard
The Triple Decker is 5 blocks wide, 15? blocks long, and is made up of three 3-block-tall levels, each with a single block tall floor/ceiling, plus the seats on the top of the ship, adding up to a total height of 14 blocks. Due to the ship's weight, it floats with two blocks under the water, meaning its highest point is 12 blocks above water level.
The dimensions of the Triple Decker have lead to the creation of the Triple Decker Standard, which is a standard amount of clearance for bridges and canals that should fit most ships. The standard requires bridges to have 12 blocks of clearance between the bottom of the bridge and water level, and canals should have 3 blocks of clearance under the water for ships to easily sail through without getting caught on the ground.
The Triple Decker Standard was originally developed to determine the ideal height of the train bridges built by Canna Cabana, but due to the decorative arches added to the bridges, they now only have 11 blocks of clearance at the highest point of the arch, which is six blocks wide.
History
Construction
The Triple Decker was built by Cflip_ alongside other ships that were built by Wikaros, Kjolt947 and baconpancakes36. Cflip_ was originally going to build a ship with Wikaros, but their creative directions diverged too much so they decided to build their own separate ships. Originally, all three floors were identical, the windows were smaller, and the ship's helm was also enclosed in a level. The immense weight of the three floors and the lack of visibility forced Cflip_ to make some modifications, leading to the wide window "rings" for reduced weight, the open ship's helm area for a wider range of visibility, and the lack of windows on the bottom level to prevent water from leaking in.
During the construction, The_Old_Bookman and tTux repeatedly flew to Canna Cabana on a plane to bother its inhabitants, but everyone was so sick of them that they were completely ignored.
The First Voyage
Once the ship was complete, it sailed on its maiden voyage along with the other ships that were constructed in the same dockyard. The sailors planned to visit Wikaros' base on Quileia (?), and sailed south along the western coast of Sahul. After crossing the Bay of Storms, a Lycanite's "Your Head Roasting on a Cinder Fire" event summoned many flying flamethrowing monsters, and the convoy lost coordination and separated, with most heading towards Midgar.
Somewhere between the coast of Sahul and the island of Midgar, the Triple Decker was suddenly lifted from the sea and became unable to move. Cflip_ re-assembled the ship and went to the lowest level to investigate. Kjolt947 and baconpancakes36 were also present in their own ships. On the bottom level of the Triple Decker, Cflip_ discovered that he had run into a very small black hole that was floating above the water's surface, and which was destroying blocks from the bottom of the ship. Cflip_ got closer to try and break the black hole, but he got sucked into it and was killed. It was around that time that Wikaros decided to leave the game, so the rest of the sailors were left without a destination for their voyage.
While Cflip_ gathered some more materials and built a one block ship for a rescue mission, baconpancakes36 set up a bed on Kjolt947's ship and investigated the mysterious black hole. After a little while he was able to destroy it, saving the Triple Decker from this anomalous threat. As Cflip_ sailed back on a one-block ship to find the Triple Decker again and complete its voyage, he encountered The_Old_Bookman and tTux gathering sand along a beach on the southern peninsula of Sahul.
Ignoring this encounter for the time being, Cflip_ continued on and successfully located and rescued the Triple Decker. At this point, the armada of ships only consisted of Cflip_, baconpancakes36 and Kjolt947. Since Wikaros was now gone, they decided to go on a new mission to investigate the location where The_Old_Bookman and tTux were sighted. Once they reached the location, they assembled their ships and ventured into the forest, only to be immediately located and shot down by The_Old_Bookman.
It was in this location off the coast of southern Sahul that the Triple Decker remained during a long period of inactivity on the server. At some point before the first raid of the Metal War, it was brought back to Canna Cabana.
Use in the Metal War
During the naval siege of Canna Cabana during the Metal War, the Triple Decker was untouched and remained perfectly intact. It was later used to transport the warriors of Canna Cabana to Eorzea for the two fortress sieges.